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  • In times of SIR, Kolkata celebrates Ritwik Ghatak’s centenary, revisits films by chronicler of Partition trauma

    Kolkata: What would , the chronicler of Partition trauma, have made of SIR? Ghatak's centenary is being celebrated at a time when Bengal is rocked by fears of mass disenfranchisement under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Many, who have ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    80k BLOs, 659 helpdesks & loads of anxiety: Bengal set for month-long SIR rollout today

    Kolkata: With 80,681 BLOs and an additional 14,000 BLOs in reserve, along with 659 helpdesks, the EC will roll out its all-critical month-long doorstep verification of voters on Tuesday. The EC is also dispatching a central team from Delhi, ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    PIL in HC on release of B’desh, Pak, Af minorities

    Kolkata: A prayer to file a PIL seeking the release of minorities from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, languishing in jails across the country, was made on Monday before the bench presided over by the Acting Chief Justice of the ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    1.7L attend last day of Amader Para Amader Samadhan

    Kolkata: The Bengal govt's flagship initiative, Amader Para Amader Samadhan (APAS), concluded on Monday with around 1.7 lakh citizens visiting 305 camps. The initiative, launched on Aug 2, logged a total footfall of 2.4 crore at 31,757 camps. The ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    3 held for duping 21 women of 3 cr in matrimonial fraud

    Kolkata: The Hooghly Police (Rural) uncovered a matrimonial fraud worth Rs 3 crore that affected at least 21 women in a span of 10 months. Three men have been arrested in this connection. The probe began with a cyber ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    No payment for mobile expenses, BLOs fume

    Kolkata: The decision of the (ECI) over non-financing mobile expenses for the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has made a large section of booth level officers (BLOs) unhappy.They are saying that many of them, who use ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    Man, 2 sons held in probe into fake passport racket

    Chakdaha (Nadia): The ED officials on Monday raided a carpenter's house in Nadia's Porari village in connection with a fake passport racket allegedly involving Bangladeshi nationals and detained three members of his family.According to sources, the family, headed by ...

    4 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘At KIFF, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and I will talk about Ghatak's transformational impact and influence on us’

    KOLKATA: The 31st Kolkata International Film Festival kicks off two days after Ritwik Ghatak turns 100. The festival is going to celebrate Ghatak’s centenary with the screening of his “Ajantrik”, “Bari Theke Paliye”, “Meghe Dhaka Tara”, “Komal Gandhar”, “Titas ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Old habits die hard: Yr after Vijay Durg rename, letters still come to Fort William

    Kolkata: The post office is now officially named Vijay Durg Post Office, but letters and parcels reaching the lone post office inside the Eastern Command headquarters are still addressed to Fort William. Postal workers say they continue to sort ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata shocker: TMC MLA Jyotipriyo Mallick attacked at home; attacker from his Habra constituency, held

    KOLKATA: Former West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress MLA Jyotipriyo Mallick was assaulted at his Salt Lake residence on Sunday night by a 30-year-old man who had been following him. The attacker, Abhishek Das, was subsequently arrested and is ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    New Market, Park Street among 5 city police stations with changed maps

    Kolkata: Five police stations in Kolkata, including New Market, Park Street, and Alipore, now have changed maps with areas either added or subtracted compared to what was there until last month. Lalbazar sources said the boundaries of Alipore, Park ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Kol cheers for Blues, in clubs, malls & at Navi Mumbai stadium

    Kolkata: As the final South African wicket fell, Kolkata broke into celebrations, hailing the Women in Blue who finally conquered world cricket and exorcised the ghosts of 2005 and 2017 when they had come just as close, creating a ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Gold price flux before wedding season keeps buyers on edge

    Kolkata: While a dip in gold price has brought relief to buyers, city jewellers are receiving good orders ahead of the marriage season. To absorb the high cost of the metal, buyers are planning well ahead and making payments ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    NUJS at a crossroads, will restore intellectual infra, says new VC

    Kolkata: The newly appointed VC of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Nandimath Omprakash V, feels the institution is at a "crossroads" and there is a need to create a "new vision" for it and restore the ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Day after protests, EC officials reassure BLOs but fear remains

    Kolkata: In a bid to soothe frayed nerves, the Election Commission officials have started reaching out to booth level officers (BLOs), allowing them to choose their own time slots for their field verification visits from Nov 4 for a ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    At 23 crore, India’s largest CSR-funded restoration underway at Botanic Garden

    Kolkata: The largest-ever CSR-funded public restoration project in the country is underway across the Hooghly at AJC Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Howrah's Shibpur, reports Subhro Niyogi.The project entails restoration of a nearly century-and-a-half-old colonial building called Old Herbarium, ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    After 58 days, 50-yr-old Maidan giants find their roots again

    Kolkata: Two 50-year-old giant trees — a mahogany and a radhachura — that had been uprooted 58 days ago opposite the eastern gate of Fort William (Vijay Durg) at the Kolkata Maidan were replanted on Sunday."Around a month ago, ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Flyer gets his luggage back

    Kolkata: A passenger, Soumya Mukhopadhyay, who arrived from Ahmedabad on an IndiGo flight and left his bag behind at the Kolkata airport near the conveyor belt on Saturday evening, recovered it due to the prompt action of the on-duty ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Man punches Balu at his home

    Kolkata: A 33-year-old son of a Habra businessman punched and shoved former minister and Habra MLA Jyotipriya Mullick at the latter's Salt Lake home on Sunday evening. , alias Papan, was overpowered by Mullick's personal security and handed over ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    App cab driver returns bag

    Kolkata: A woman from Lake Town, Minu Khaitan, who left valuable household items in an app cab on Saturday got them back within hours. Khaitan was unable to reach the app cab customer service number despite repeated attempts. Acting ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Man punches Balu at his home

    Kolkata: A 33-year-old son of a Habra businessman punched and shoved former minister and Habra MLA Jyotipriya Mullick at the latter's Salt Lake home on Sunday evening. , alias Papan, was overpowered by Mullick's personal security and handed over ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Storm water pipe revamp to keep Chingrighata dry

    Kolkata: The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) has prepared a Rs 1.9 crore plan to revamp the storm water pipeline from Chingrighata to Sukantanagar along the service road of Salt Lake Bypass to minimise waterlogging during heavy rain.Officials said ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Amid SIR, BJP Matua bloc sees first fissure with ‘third front’

    Kolkata: The BJP-backed faction of the All India Matua Mahasangha (AIMM) at Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas is headed for a split days after the rollout of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bengal, with ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Trinamool rolls out ‘Didir Doot 2.0’ for its BLAs for voter mapping, begins training

    Kolkata: While booth-level officers (BLOs) appointed by the Election Commission will be armed with apps to record SIR data, booth-level agents (BLAs) will have their own party apps to cross-verify the ECI data.Trinamool on Sunday started training BLAs, while ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Exp train mows down 3 children in Murshidabad

    Behrampore: Three children were run over by the Kamakhya-Puri Express train while crossing a railway line in Murshidabad on Saturday afternoon. Another child was injured in the incident.The incident took place at the railway underpass between Madhupur and Nabin ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams panel as NCW member attends Suvendu health camp

    Nandigram: A health camp in Nandigram's Sonachura, organized by Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari and attended by National Commission for Women member Archana Majumdar, also a gynaecologist, on Sunday drew a sharp barb from Trinamool, which thanked Adhikari ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    245 EV stns to come up along highways, key spots

    Kolkata: The state will soon get 245 EV charging stations along with battery-swapping centres in and around Kolkata and the neighbouring municipal areas — a majority of them along state and national highways — across Bengal. The West Bengal ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Bohra community observes Rashtriya Ekta Diwas in city

    Kolkata: The Dawoodi Bohra community, under the aegis of the Project Rise Team, along with a city school observed at the Maidan on Sunday.Students and faculty of Saifee Golden Jubilee English Public High School organised a community unity ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Pocso cuffs on 3 for raping minor

    Kolkata: A man and his two aides abducted and gang-raped a Class 8 girl in Dum Dum while she was returning home from a private coaching class on Saturday evening. Police said the accused, all in their early 20s, ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Asiatic Society to be key centre for manuscript digitisation & decoding

    Kolkata: In a significant move to preserve India's ancient intellectual heritage, the Asiatic Society, Kolkata was officially designated the key cluster centre for Eastern India under the Union ministry of culture's flagship "Gyan Bharatam Mission on Manuscripts". The decision ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Guru Nanak’s 556th birth anniversary celebrations begin

    Kolkata: Marking the beginning of the celebrations for the 556th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, a grand Nagar Kirtan (Sikh religious procession) took place with around 20,000 devotees from Gurdwara Bara Sikh Sangat in Burrabazar to Gurdwara Guru Ka ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    More ‘box drains’ to check dengue menace in New Town

    Kolkata: Following the covering of about three km of drainage channels in New Town with box-shaped concrete slabs to prevent dumping of waste and maintain cleanliness, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is set to cover another 1.6 ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    HC: Compensatory employment claims cannot be in perpetuity

    Kolkata: After a ‘land loser' receives compensation, they cannot claim an enduring or transmissible right to employment for successive generations, the Calcutta High Court ruled on Oct 24 in a case where a woman whose land was taken for ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Kol cheers for Blues, in clubs, malls & at Navi Mumbai stadiumBlues lose but win hearts from Kol paras to Navi Mumbai stadium

    Kolkata: On the big night, the Women in Blue battled hard and cruised along to a big total seeking glory in the World Cup final on Sunday, even as Kolkata fans cheered every run, every boundary and six, egging ...

    3 November 2025 Times of India
    Burdwan villager dies in Kerala amid ‘concerns’ over SIR

    Burdwan: A section of villagers in East Burdwan's Jamalpur and local Trinamool workers alleged that a man from the village, who worked as a farmhand in Kerala and died in a hospital there on Thursday, was worried about the ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Bidhannagar Mela reserves stalls for Bangladesh traders

    Kolkata: Bidhannagar Mela Utsav 2025, the annual fair organised by the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC), is scheduled to take place at Salt Lake Central Park fairground from Dec 1 to Dec 21. This is a few weeks earlier than ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    ‘Consensual act does not become rape just because of failure to marry’

    Kolkata: After 25 years, Calcutta High Court quashed the conviction of a man for the rape of a minor in 2000 after finding that the woman was an adult at the time and the relationship was consensual. "Non-fulfilment of ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Jemimah’s travails touch community chord as Kolkata prays for the Blues

    Kolkata: 's emotional outburst after India's sensational semi-final win touched a chord among the city's Christian community. They are now praying for Rodrigues and her team's victory in the final.On Thursday night, Rodrigues powered India to one of the ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Bizman’s organs to save 3, give vision to one

    Kolkata: The organs of a 57-year-old Kolkata businessman are set to save the lives of three people and promise vision to one. The family of Prithwish Ranjan Gayen donated his organs after the Girish Park resident was declared brain ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Students display debate skills at inter-school event

    Kolkata: A five-day event, organised by the Calcutta Boys' School Literary Society, the 9th Clifford Hicks International Debate Competition, concluded on Saturday as students from seven schools showcased their debating skills in the finals. The topic was ‘The house ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    BJP MP’s ‘one with B’desh’ remark draws ‘deception’ barb from TMC

    Kolkata: BJP Ranaghat MP Jagannath Sarkar's comment on Bangladesh that "we were one, we will be one in the future too" prompted Trinamool on Saturday to launch a blistering attack on the saffron party for its "hypocrisy" on illegal ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC top-2 to hit the streets on Nov 4 over SIR anxieties

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will hit the streets on Nov 4 to give voice to widespread fears of large-scale disenfranchisement in the state during the Election Commission's (EC) special intensive revision (SIR) ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Beagle on OT table after swallowing sitar’s mizrab

    Kolkata: A four-month-old Beagle that swallowed a metal object and eventually faced physical problems got it removed from its stomach, not through general surgery but through an advanced procedure at a city pet clinic. According to veterinarians, this was ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    IIT-Kgp director wins Murli Manohar Joshi award

    Kolkata: Mechanical engineering professor and IIT Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan Dr Murli Manohar Joshi Distinguished Teacher Award 2025 for his contributions in the field of education and academic leadership. He received the award ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    5am-2.30pm Setu closure for repairs today

    Kolkata/Howrah: Vidyasagar Setuwill be closed for nine hours on Sunday to facilitate essential repair and rehabilitation work. The closure will begin at 5 am from the Howrah side and 6 am from the Kolkata side, as the Hooghly River ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    55 ‘B’deshis’ held while tryingto cross border amid SIR fears

    Kolkata: At least 55 alleged Bangladeshi nationals were detained near the Swarupnagar India-Bangladesh border over the past 24 hours, BSF said on Saturday. They said the detainees allegedly lived in parts of Bengal and other states and were moving ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Over 60 madrassa students fall ill after meal

    Burdwan: More than 60 students of a private residential madrassa were hospitalised with food poisoning after they consumed a meal on Saturday morning. The incident took place at Pichkuri of Ausgram in East Burdwan district.The students were initially taken ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Two class 9 students arrested for raping minor tuition-mate in Birbhum

    Suri: Two minor boys were arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a minor girl at a coaching centre in the Suri police station area of Birbhum. All three are class 9 students and tuition batchmates.According to the complaint by ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    55 ‘B’deshis’ held while tryingto cross border amid SIR fears

    Kolkata: At least 55 alleged Bangladeshi nationals were detained near the Swarupnagar India-Bangladesh border over the past 24 hours, BSF said on Saturday. They said the detainees allegedly lived in parts of Bengal and other states and were moving ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    23/9 deluge: College St to host ‘wet’ book fair

    Kolkata: College Street will host a ‘wet' book fair on Monday to support publishers and sellers who suffered huge losses in the deluge on Sept 23. The fair will run from 11 am to 8 pm on Bankim Chatterjee ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Metro work done, Wellington Square to get back green top

    Kolkata: After 10 years, KMRC has freed Wellington Square, now called Raja Subodh Mullick Square, for KMC to redevelop it as a green patch.The land was initially acquired by KMRC, the implementing agency of East-West Metro, to build an ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Demand for tickets, Mumbai flights soars as fans rush to back Kaur & Co

    Kolkata: ' heroics on Thursday night led to a last-minute rush to Navi Mumbai to catch Harmanpreet Kaur-led cross swords with the South African women to create history on Sunday. Since few tickets are available, Kolkata fans are ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    TMC slams Tigga for threatening BDO, BJP MP defends action

    Jalpaiguri: A video surfaced on social media on Friday, showing Alipurduar MP Manoj Tigga threatening Madarihat BDO Amit Kumar Chourasia, after BJP supporters, who had suffered damages to their properties in the Oct floods, were allegedly ignored during ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    At 1st training session, BLOs erupt over duty hours and security

    Kolkata: One of the first SIR training sessions for block level officers (BLOs) at Nazrul Mancha on Saturday descended into chaos with govt employees, particularly teachers, virtually revolting over "duty hours" and "security". A similar situation also arose at ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    IIT alumnus gifts a million dollar to alma mater

    Kolkata: A former student at IIT Kharagpur, now based in California, pledged to donate a seed fund of 1 million dollars (about Rs 8.5 crore) to his alma mater for developing the country's "first indigenous low-field bedside MRI system".Jyoti ...

    2 November 2025 Times of India
    Vikram Singh assumes charge as airport director at NSCBI Airport Kolkata

    KOLKATA: has assumed charge as airport director at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport, Kolkata, following the superannuation of P R Beuria, who retired recently after a distinguished tenure with the Airports Authority of India (AAI). An ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    National Library marks Rashtriya Ekta Diwas with special exhibition on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

    KOLKATA: To mark (National Unity Day), the National Library of India in Kolkata inaugurated a special exhibition on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at S.P.M. Bhasha Bhawan on Friday. The exhibition, highlighting the life, vision, and legacy of the Iron ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Breast cancer rising among Kolkata women in 20s, 30s

    Kolkata: A 22-year-old woman undergoing treatment for breast cancer at a government cancer institute in Kolkata is among the increasing number of women whom the cancer is affecting at a young age. As Breast Cancer Awareness Month came to ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    CEO Bengal website with SIR data moves to new domain

    Kolkata: The CEO West Bengal website, where one can access their Bengal Special Intensive Revision (SIR) rolls, migrated from its earlier URL https://ceowestbengal.nic.in to https://ceowestbengal.wb.gov.in on Friday.The migration from the NIC domain to the wb.gov domain comes with more ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata shocker: Dhaka-born homemaker ends life amid SIR anxiety; leaves suicide note, husband, in-laws detained

    KOLKATA: A 32-year-old Titagarh homemaker, Kakoli Sarkar originally from Dhaka, died by suicide early on Friday bysetting herself on fire. She had come to India 15 years ago after marrying a Titagarh businessman. The mother of two daughters, she ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Box-bed body: ID parade on Monday

    Kolkata: Two days after the detective department arrested the two accused, Shaktikant Behra and Santosh Behra, both plastic flower traders from Dhenkanal in Odisha, allegedly involved in the murder of 26-year-old Rahul Lal on Oct 22 from a hotel ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Armed and masked robbers loot 2.4kg gold & two-wheeler in Sinthi

    Kolkata: A goldsmith, Sanjit Kumar Roy (54), was robbed of 2.4 kg of gold, worth Rs 3 crore, at gunpoint in Sinthi on Thursday night. Roy, who hails from Daspur in West Midnapore, was also reportedly assaulted when he ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Film on a mother’s fight for son’s banned movie in KIFF

    Kolkata: A film tracing the journey of a mother in the Kargil valley with a small cathodic TV and DVD player placed on her yak's back and a copy of her son's banned film is in the Indian competition ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    HS 3rd sem results show record pass rate but fewer students score 90%+

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Higher Secondary Council on Friday announced the results of the third semester or first part of higher secondary examinations, where 93.7% students — a record since 2011 — cleared the exams. Though the pass percentage ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    SIR worries Malda migrant who was pushed to B’desh

    Malda: Amir Sheikh, after spending a tumultuous few months, had hoped things would gradually settle down following his "return" from Bangladesh in mid-Aug. But the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls has made him anxious again.Amir's father ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Mullickbazar cemetery gets ‘dignity burial zone’ for the underprivileged

    Kolkata: The Christian Burial Board has demarcated a special zone on the premises of the 185-year-old Lower Circular Road Cemetery in Mullickbazar for dignity burial of those whose families are unable to bear the expenses for the last rites. ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Behala couple loses Rs 3cr to digital arrest scam

    Kolkata: An elderly businessman and his wife lost Rs 3 crore after being held hostage in their Behala Parnasree home for nearly two weeks by cyber-extortionists who used a digital arrest threat with impunity to harass the couple for ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Deported Sunali’s parents on EC-issued 2002 Bengal SIR list

    Kolkata: Names of Sunali Khatun's parents, Bhodu Sheikh and Jyotsna Bibi, have been found in Bengal's 2002 electoral roll issued by EC after special intensive revision (SIR), making them legitimate voters.A pregnant Sunali, 26, is currently lodged in a ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Twice in 3 years, former TV actor held for stealing woman’s purse with gold jewellery

    Kolkata: Rupa Dutta, a former TV actor, was arrested by the Kolkata Police detective department for allegedly stealing gold ornaments from a shop in Posta on Oct 15. This was the second time that Dutta (42) was arrested. In ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Cops use India’s latest cricket hero to spread msg of road safety

    Kolkata: India's new hero, , who guided the Indian women's cricket team to the World Cup final on Thursday, is being celebrated across the country. The Kolkata Police, too, decided to pay their ode to her innings and spread ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Mixed feeling for Cup debutants

    Kolkata: It's a mixed feeling for the Bengal youngsters who will debut in the Fide World Cup in Goa on Saturday. For Grandmaster Diptayan Ghosh and International Masters Aronyak Ghosh and Neelash Saha, it will be a chance of ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Ex-lover held in Bihar for shooting

    Kolkata: The accused in the Bijoygarh shooting, Ravi Bhardwaj, who fired one shot at his former girlfriend's house on Oct 27, was arrested by a Jadavpur police team from Patna in Bihar on Thursday. Bhardwaj, was on the run ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC steps up dengue drive in N Kol after girl’s death

    Kolkata: After a 4-year-old girl of Raja Rajkrishna Street died, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) health department has turned its focus on vector control activities at several north Kolkata neighbourhoods that may witness a spurt in dengue cases. According ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC may raze rooftop restos flouting fire norms: Kolkata mayor

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) might demolish rooftop restaurants that do not adhere to fire safety rules, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday. The civic body may take this drastic step after an inspection. Earlier, the KMC had ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    State to organise Business Industry Conclave in Dec

    Kolkata: The state govt on Friday announced that it would organise the Business Industry Conclave on Dec 18. Amit Mitra, principal chief advisor to CM Mamata Banerjee, said the state would create an accelerated growth momentum to surpass even ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Plumbing body urges use of low-flow fittings to save water

    Kolkata: Members of Indian Plumbing Association requested about 100 manufacturers across the state to change the designs of fittings like taps, showers, basin mixers and sanitaryware and turn them into low-flow products for smart water management. The association also ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP to hold max CAA-SIR camps in border dists

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP will run maximum camps for Citizenship (Amendment) Act and special intensive revision of poll rolls in the border districts over the next two months.On Friday, party national general secretary Sunil Bansal asked the state unit to ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    In a first, leopard spotted in Bankura, but dead

    Bankura/Midnapore: Carcass of a full-grown leopard was found in Bankura's Bishnupur late on Thursday night. This, foresters said, is the first sighting of a leopard in the district.The carcass, a senior official said, was found in the Bakadaha range. ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Durgapur gang-rape case trial to start today

    Durgapur: The trial in the Durgapur medical student gang-rape case will begin on Saturday, barely three weeks after the incident, after a local court allowed its transfer to an additional district and sessions judge's court on Friday. The development ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Police file charge sheet in Durgapur gang-rape case

    Durgapur/Kolkata: Durgapur police on Thursday filed an 861-page charge sheet in the medical student gang-rape case within 20 days of the crime, accusing the survivor's fellow medical student of rape and concealing evidence.The three alleged tormentors —Nasiruddin Sk, Firdaus ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    KMC will clear all birth, death cert applications without delay: Mayor

    Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Friday assured that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will take effective steps to tackle a surge in demand for birth and death certificates in the wake of the SIR of electoral rolls. Hakim conceded ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    PIL in Cal HC seeks court-monitored SIR

    Kolkata: An advocate moved the bench of acting Chief Justice in the Calcutta High Court on Friday, seeking a court-monitored Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal.Counsel for the petitioner, Sabyasachi Chatterjee, sought leave of the bench ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Missing EPIC nos on 2002 list baffle BLOs

    Kolkata: As the training process of the booth level officers (BLO) starts in Kolkata, the BLOs are confused over the missing EPIC numbers in the 2002 voters' list.While mapping the voters' list, a number of BLOs came across names ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    With 288.7 mm rain, last month was second wettest Oct since 2010

    Kolkata: This month was the second rainiest October in Kolkata since 2010. With a monthly rain total of 288.7 mm, the city has a rain surplus of 75%. Two heavy rainy days this month added to the rain excess ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Booth with 842 voters goes missing from 2002 SIR rolls

    Kolkata: All 842 people who were registered as voters in booth number 159 at Guma in North 24 Parganas' Ashoknagar, are missing from the 2002 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) rolls now available on the Election Commission website, sparking widespread ...

    1 November 2025 Times of India
    Pay damages and stay out of jail: Cal HC in 16-yr-old mishap case

    Kolkata: Pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh and avoid prison time — a Calcutta High Court judge offered this lifeline to a bus driver convicted of rash driving resulting in a death and sentenced to two years in ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Cyclone Montha weakens over Chhattisgarh; IMD issues orange alert for heavy rain in north Bengal

    KOLKATA: The (IMD) on Friday issued a warning for moderate rainfall in several north Bengal districts over the next 24 hours, as the remnant of severe cyclonic storm ‘Montha’ lay centered over central Chhattisgarh and is likely to ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Heavy snowfall blankets Indo-China border: Red alert issued in Sikkim; tourists advised to avoid traveling

    GANGTOK: Fresh snowfall blanketed the higher reaches of the Indo-China border, including the Nathula Pass area, on Friday, bringing temperatures down sharply across Sikkim. The mercury dipped to sub-zero levels in several high-altitude regions, disrupting movement along key mountain ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Misrepresentation of Nivedita’s vision must stop: Mitra

    Kolkata: Amit Mitra, principal chief adviser to CM Mamata Banerjee, in an X post on Thursday wrote misappropriation and distortion of the religio-spiritual vision of icons like , and Nivedita must stop."Sister Nivedita's powerful words, penned 122 years ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Bengal cops to set up AI cell for smarter policing

    Kolkata: The Bengal Police are all set to establish a new AI cell. Headed by an ADG-ranking officer, it will be located at Bhavani Bhawan.The necessary directives for this initiative were issued by DGP Rajeev Kumar on Wednesday. The ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Mismatch concerns at familiarisation session, BLO training to start today

    Kolkata: Booth-level officers (BLO)s have raised concerns about software glitches in their app during their familiarisation sessions on Thursday. Those who could open the app flagged several cases, in which electors' data of the 2002 voters' list did not ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Queues for birth and death certificates at KMC office get longer as SIR sparks panic

    Kolkata: The demand for old birth and death certificates at Kolkata Municipal Corporation has increased in recent days, with citizens scrambling to organise relevant documents before enumerators come knocking on their doors for SIR of electoral rolls.While there is ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Dengue claims 4-yr-old girl’s life in Burtolla

    Kolkata: Dengue claimed another young life in the city. A four-year-old girl succumbed to complications caused by the vector-borne disease in a multispecialty hospital off the EM Bypass on Tuesday night. Sources said the girl, Adrisha Poddar, was a ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Will not let campus become pol battleground, says new CU VC

    Kolkata: Newly appointed Calcutta University vice-chancellor Asutosh Ghosh said on Thursday that he would not allow the campus to turn into a political battleground. Taking charge earlier in the day, Ghosh also stressed the need to put students' interests ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Not at home during BLO visit? Your kin can fill, sign SIR form

    Kolkata: In the absence of a voter, any adult family member can fill and submit the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration form on his/her behalf. This measure is likely to allay anxiety among a large section of Bengal voters, ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    TMC flags ‘BJP plot’ as voters, booths ‘vanish’ from ’02 EC list

    Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Thursday launched an attack on the Election Commission over alleged cases of missing voters and vanishing polling booths ahead of the rollout of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal. TMC claimed ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    95-yr-old Birbhum resident ends life driven by ‘SIR fear’

    Suri/Midnapore/Kolkata: A 95-year-old man was found hanging on Thursday morning at his daughter's Birbhum home, prompting his family to blame "SIR fears for the suicide" and leading CM Mamata Banerjee to launch her strongest attack yet on "BJP's politics ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Airport to issue real-time traffic, waterlogging advisory for flyers

    Kolkata: Kolkata airport is set to launch a real-time traffic and waterlogging advisory service for travellers, with testing currently underway. Passengers will receive alerts on congestion and flooded routes via the airport's X handle, allowing them to factor in ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    Bandhan Bank’s Q2 profit plunges 88% as provisions rise

    Kolkata: Bandhan Bank on Thursday reported a profit-after-tax (PAT) of Rs 112 crore in Q2FY26, an 88% drop compared to the same period last year. The drop was mainly due to higher provisioning, a major part being slippage in ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
    BCCL’s pre-IPO roadshows attract ‘healthy interest’ from investors

    Kolkata: The pre-IPO roadshows of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in several cities have attracted "a lot of healthy interest" from investors, said Union coal secretary Vikram Dev Dutt on Thursday.Coal India Limited (CIL) has decided to list two ...

    31 October 2025 Times of India
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